Browsing Research Reports (1999): Social Studies, Vol – XXII by Title

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    • Learning achievement of the students after completion of grade five from BRAC schools 

      Hossain, Md. Altaf; Akter, Shaheen; Kalam, Md. Abul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-11)
      The Non-Formal Primary Education (NFPE) programme of BRAC introduced class four and five to its curriculum to mesh with the formal primary education. BRAC launched this primary education programme in its 1000 schools ...

    • Participatory research methods and gender data base Bangladesh country paper 

      Mahbub, Amina (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-05)
      Application of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in rural development as well as in agricultural sectors is quite recent in Bangladesh and most of the PRAs are conducted by NGOs. The review of participatory researches ...

    • Perception of adolescent girls about their well-being 

      Mahbub, Amina (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-02)
      This qualitative study was initiated to explore adolescent girls' perceptions about wellbeing. A part of the BRAC-ICDDR,B joint research project on health and well-being, the study was done purposively in two villages ...

    • Relationship between socio-economic and anthropometric status of young children in rural Bangladesh 

      Moniruzzaman, Syed (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
      This study investigates the interrelationship between socio-economic status and anthropometric measurements of young children in rural Bangladesh. A nutrition surveillance system programme (the NSP) was established in ...

    • The role of NGOs to improve food security in Bangladesh: the BRAC perspective 

      Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Husain, A.M. Muazzam (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
      Bangladesh is one of the worst food insecure nations in the world today. This paper looks into some food security issues of the poor, the most food insecure group, particularly with respect to the role of non-governmental ...

    • Socioeconomic and health profile of Chittagong Hill Tracts 

      Rafi, Mohammad; Mallick, Debdulal; Karim, Fazlul; Nath, Samir Ranjan; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Akter, Nasima; Begum, Shamim A. (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)

    • Women's productive role and marital violence in Bangladesh 

      Hadi, Abdullahel (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
      This study assesses the role of women's participation in productive activities in reducing the risk of marital violence. Data were collected from villages where numerous non-government organizations (NGOs) had micro-credit ...